Dagon is a township or district of Yangon, the capital city of Burma. The Shwedagon Pagoda (ʃwèdəgòun; ʃwèdəgòun pʰəjá officially titled Shwedagon Zedi Daw (ʃwèdəgòun zèdìdɔ̀ also known as the Golden A township (or Municipality) is a settlement which has the status and powers of a unit of local government Districts are a type of Administrative division, in some countries managed by a Local government. Yangon (also known as Rangoon) is the largest city and a former capital of Burma. Burma, officially the Union of Myanmar ( pjìdàunzṵ mjàmmà nàinŋàndɔ̀ is the largest country by geographical area in mainland Southeast Asia. It is located in the western area of the city downtown. Downtown is a term primarily used in North America to refer to a city's core usually in a geographical commercial and community sense
It is the home of the historic Shwedagon Pagoda; famous for its luxury apartments and houses along Pyay (Prome) Road and U Wisara Road. The Shwedagon Pagoda (ʃwèdəgòun; ʃwèdəgòun pʰəjá officially titled Shwedagon Zedi Daw (ʃwèdəgòun zèdìdɔ̀ also known as the Golden Most of the foreign embassies, Yangon Child Hospital and Central Women Hospital are also located in Dagon township.